> when i try to restart it thereafter. I am running 3.103.

Then it's related to your system. I'm developing on Vista and using it on Vista and never had that problem. Check in the taskmanager if cmpro.exe is still running as a process if you close it.


> but when i try the 'download x @ y' menu item the download screen appears
> briefly and then immediately disappears. rescanning the set reveals nothing has
> been downloaded & rebuilt.

Then your url is most likely not useable for the download functionality or simply blocks accesses like this. WWW Open simply runs a browser with the given URL while download runs a real http or ftp connection. I've tested it with several ftp and http servers and it works fine. In some cases you even have to setup cmpro in your firewall settings to allow connections like these.

If you're willing to share the url privately I will have a look.

Generally for VISTA:
- run cmpro as administrator (right click->run as administrator)
- don't store it in a UAC controlled folder (e.g. c:\program files\...)


Roman Scherzer